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Break Your Heart: piano accompaniment sheet music
Artist unknown
- C minor
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 2009
- Medium
Break Your Heart written out as piano music: the i – bVI – bIII – v loop in C minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) and the right hand offbeat skank.
Break Your Heart chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cm | i | C Eb G |
| 2 | Ab | VI | Ab C Eb |
| 3 | Eb | III | Eb G Bb |
| 4 | Gm | v | G Bb D |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right, over the Cm – Ab – Eb – Gm chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Break Your Heart
Does the sheet music for Break Your Heart have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Break Your Heart?
The loop is Cm – Ab – Eb – Gm (i – bVI – bIII – v) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is Break Your Heart in?
C minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Break Your Heart?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Break Your Heart easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.